ACC All Access: Virginia Tech's Bud Foster is drawing interest from Connecticut for head coaching job

By Norm Wood

VIDEO: Virginia Tech's Bud Foster talks about UConn's interest in him

Foster on how he hasn't been contacted by UConn and he hasn't had any discussions about possibilities at the school

Foster on how he hasn't been contacted by UConn and he hasn't had any discussions about possibilities at the school

Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster is being pursued by Connecticut for an interview to discuss the program's vacant football head coaching position, according to Foster and Bob Lattinville, Foster's agent.

Foster said Wednesday evening UConn officials haven't gotten in touch with him about the job. He said any discussions with UConn officials involving interest in Foster have been handled by Lattinville.

"Nobody from UConn has contacted me," Foster said. "I think they have a search committee, or a group that is throwing some names out. I think they contacted Bob Lattinville about me. That's as far as it's gone. Nobody has contacted me. We haven't talked about the job. We haven't done anything.

"In the big picture, that's probably a tough job, but (the media) knows as much as I do."

Foster isn't dealing with the UConn interview possibility this week, in order to concentrate on preparation for Saturday's game at Virginia (2-9 overall, 0-7 ACC), according to Lattinville.

"They've called with regard to interest in him, but I don't know if he's going to end up taking the interview," said Lattinville to the Daily Press. "He's just focused on the last game."

Lattinville said there's no plan in place to talk with Foster about making arrangements to interview with UConn. Lattinville said UConn officials didn't indicate to him how many candidates or the identities of other candidates being considered for the job.

Lattinville said UConn, which is 1-9 overall and 1-5 in the American Athletic Conference, made overtures about wanting to interview Foster shortly after the position came open in September.

Paul Pasqualoni was fired in September from UConn's head coaching position. Offensive coordinator T.J. Weist has been filling in as interim coach.

Pete Roussel of the coachingsearch.com website was the first to report UConn's interest in Foster.

In the last five years, Foster has drawn interest from other programs in Bowl Championship Series automatic-qualifying conferences. In 2011, he interviewed for the head coaching job at Pittsburgh, which eventually went on to hire former Tulsa coach Todd Graham for the position.

Foster, 54, was pursued in Dec. 2010 by Vanderbilt, which actually set up an interview with him. He opted to go on a recruiting trip for Tech (7-4, 4-3) instead of going to the interview. Vanderbilt hired James Franklin.

In 2008, Foster interviewed for the head coaching job at Clemson. Dabo Swinney was selected to fill the role after that interview process.